MySQL 5.7 and JSON: New Opportunities for Developers

With the newly added native JSON support in Oracle’s MySQL 5.7, you can combine the flexibility of NoSQL with the strength of a relational database. This presentation explains the new JSON datatype and the new set of functions for handling JSON documents, available storage, and indexing options. In addition, this presentation includes benchmarks showing how much you can expect from the MySQL database in different use case scenarios.